"We don't need to treat each other as enemy combatants," said Burson-Marsteller vice chair and Bush administration alum Karen Hughes on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this morning. "We need to view each other as spirited partisans."

Hughes gives her thoughts on the tone of political rhetoric, President Obama's Tucson speech, Sarah Palin's video ("she probably should have sought some public relations advice"), the Bush White House days, potential Obama challengers, and other issues in the 13-minute clip: